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• Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 4: Bedouine

  15-03-2019 23:59 via thestranger.com
  by Ned Lannamann
  It's been a busy and exhausting week, so kick off your Friday right with some mellow vibes from last year's Pickathon. Today's video—part of our ongoing Starlight Series, highlighting the best performances on the Starlight Stage from 2018's Pickathon festival—comes from Bedouine, the alter ego of globally raised, LA-based folksinger Azniv Korkejian. While Bedouine's 2017 self-titled debut reflected Korkejian's nomadic roots (which range from Syria to Armenia to Saudi
  
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• Disease may be killing California desert bighorn sheep

  15-03-2019 23:53
  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A new survey has found a sharp decline in desert bighorn sheep in Southern California, and biologists suspect the cause is a disease contracted from domestic animals. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife says a survey earlier this month counted 60 bighorns in the Mount San Gorgonio region east of […]
  
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• Gore: US getting close to political shift on climate change

  15-03-2019 23:39
  ATLANTA (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore believes the U.S. is nearing a political tipping point, with the 2020 Democratic presidential field offering voters the chance to replace President Donald Trump with someone “committed heart and soul” to combating climate change. Gore, who emerged as a leading climate activist after losing the 2000 presidential […]
  
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• You Might Not Know It, but Shen Yun Is Dissident Art Presented By a Persecuted Religious Group

  15-03-2019 23:24 via thestranger.com
  
  The story behind the ubiquitous ads.by Rich SmithYou've seen the ads. But what is it?Shen YunJudging by its ubiquitous advertising materials, Shen Yun is a stunningly gorgeous dance explosion driven by classical Chinese movement. Highly skilled athletic dancers perform before a giant screen that transports you to Imperial Chinese palaces, heavenly heights, and glorious color fields. On the ticketing page, event organizers describe the show as dissident political art designed to reignite passion
  
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• Oregon: Security at mosques, hate-crime law being beefed up

  15-03-2019 23:09
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon, beefed up security Friday at places of worship after deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand, as an American Muslim group for called for political leaders to take steps to curb far-right extremism. The police in Portland said they were increasing their presence “in light of […]
  
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• Social media post over rifle sticker in Alaska causes uproar

  15-03-2019 22:27
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A social media post by an Alaska human rights official questioning the appropriateness of a sticker on a truck reading “Black Rifles Matter” has caused an uproar and calls by Gov. Mike Dunleavy for an investigation. Marti Buscaglia, executive director of the state Commission for Human Rights, says the truck was […]
  
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• Police: 1 dead, others injured in Seward Highway crash

  15-03-2019 21:42
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage authorities are investigating a crash on the Seward Highway Friday that left one person dead and others injured. Police spokesman MJ Thim says an adult male driving an SUV was pronounced dead at the scene of the late morning crash near Potter Marsh. The man’s name was not immediately released. […]
  
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• Readers and Twitterers Have Thoughts About Buying Sex Toys for Teenagers

  15-03-2019 21:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Round-upby Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: this woman's son asked his mom for a Fleshlight(on his birthday!), this kid is using the family plunger as a dildo (and that ain't right!), this woman's boyfriend is using a dirty dildo on himself and neglecting her (also not right!), and this gay guy's most-likely-closeted coworker is acting like a dildo (and annoying the shit out of his friends!). And, as always, last week's column and Sav
  
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• Mention of jackscrew in Boeing 737 MAX crash evokes memories of Alaska Flight 261, but key differences exist

  15-03-2019 21:30
  In the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 in January 2000, federal investigators found that jackscrew failed from excessive wear. In the Ethiopian crash, there’s no suggestion that the jackscrew on the Boeing plane failed.
  
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• The Funniest Pieces Lindy West Wrote for The Stranger Before Making Her Hulu Show About Working Here

  15-03-2019 21:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleAidy Bryant and Steve Buscemi at the Shrill premiere with Lindy West. Monica Schipper/Getty Images
  Unless you've been trapped unconscious in a glacier on Mount Rainier for the last decade, you know that former Stranger staffer Lindy West once got in a Slog fight with Dan Savage about snarky comments about fat people. Lindy's post was called "Hello, I Am Fat" and Savage's response was called, "Hello, I'm Not the Enemy." It was a classic Slog shitshow of the old-school vari
  
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• Free Grilled Cheese and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: March 15, 2019 Edition

  15-03-2019 21:16 via thestranger.com
  News and events for foodies: March 15 edition.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week, Ounces will give away free grilled cheese sandwiches, chef Taylor Cheney's Arabic walk-up window Yalla opens inside the former space of Tortas Condesa, beloved U-District institution Sureshot Cafe has announced it'll be saying goodbye at the end of the month, and a new tribute to beloved dive Moon Temple will be coming to Capitol Hill. Find out about all that and more food news below. For more things to eat an
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 122 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: March 15-17, 2019

  15-03-2019 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't forget to wear green to the 48th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday. Chris Picard
  Panicking because you don’t know what to do this weekend and you're short on cash? Don't worry—below, find all of your options for last-minute entertainment that won't cost more than $10, ranging from the greeky drag show Star Wars: Attack of the Drag Clones to Free Grilled Cheese Day, and from the St. Patrick's Day Parade to the Irish Festival. For even more
  
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• Oregon sends foster kids to former jails, not families

  15-03-2019 21:14
  ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — A move to improve the care of foster children relegated to living in hotels has resulted in 25 percent more children removed from their families being housed in institutions such as former juvenile jails, The Oregonian/OregonLive has found . The children sent to cinderblock facilities are often the most traumatized and […]
  
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• Kuna pair charged with injury to a child in starvation case

  15-03-2019 21:06
  NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — A southwestern Idaho couple has been indicted on felony charges after a grand jury says they starved a young child, possibly causing her to go into cardiac arrest. The Idaho Press reports that 42-year-old Gwendalyn Buthman and 54-year-old Byron Buthman of Kuna were booked into the Ada County Jail on Thursday […]
  
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• A New Study Shows Alcohol Is Deadlier Than All Other Drugs

  15-03-2019 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh Jardine Doucefleur/Getty ImagesThere 's no shortage of news reports regarding the many dangers cannabis poses to our society. And while some of them have merit—i.e., cannabis edibles should always, always, ALWAYS be secured somewhere where children and pets have no opportunity to consume them—an intoxicant which is taxed, regulated, and celebrated at festivals and gatherings across the state is far more more dangerous, and some sobering numbers about its impact were just rele
  
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• Free, Cheap and Easy Things to Do This Weekend

  15-03-2019 20:41 via thestranger.com
  No advance planning required for these cheap events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffPanicking because you don’t know what to do this weekend and you're short on cash? Don't worry—below, find all of your options for last-minute entertainment that won't cost more than $10, ranging from the greeky drag show Star Wars: Attack of the Drag Clones to Free Grilled Cheese Day, and from the St. Patrick's Day Parade to the Irish Festival.FRIDAYART
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Shocking Prog-Pop Quirkout of "Sunflower" by Vampire Weekend

  15-03-2019 20:11 via thestranger.com
  
  The new Vampire Weekend single, "Sunflower," shockingly sounds like a combination of a Grateful Dead outtake and Canterbury prog-rock.by Dave SegalHell freezes over; Segal likes Vampire Weekend song. Michael O'Neal
  Vampire Weekend, "Sunflower" (Columbia/Sony)
  In contrast to former colleague Eric Grandy, my reaction toward Vampire Weekend has always been a blasé "meh." That's right—they haven't even merited a vehement "meh." (By the way, I give a fuck about an Oxford comma.) I suppos
  
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• EPA bans consumer use of deadly paint stripper, in rare step

  15-03-2019 19:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday banned consumer use of a popular but deadly paint stripper but stopped short of also banning commercial use of the product by tradespeople. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed the rule, which will bar manufacture and import of the stripper methylene chloride for consumer use, in a […]
  
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• EPA bans consumer sales of paint stripper linked to deaths

  15-03-2019 19:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is banning consumer sales of a paint stripper after personal appeals by families of men who died while using the product. The final rule announced Friday bars the manufacture and import of consumer products containing methylene chloride. The products have been popular with do-it-yourselfers. The U.S. Centers for […]
  
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• Sureshot Espresso, a University District Landmark, Is Closing This Month

  15-03-2019 19:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Sureshot Espresso, a landmark of grunge on The Ave, is closing.by Lester BlackFor 15 years, Sureshot Espresso has welcomed all. Lester Black
  Sureshot Espresso, a bastion of punk espresso and bohemian community on The Ave, is going out of business next week. The coffee shop’s owner told me their last day open will be March 23.
  “They are selling the building so they wouldn’t give us a new lease,” the shop’s owner Shelley Pires told me.For the last 15 years, Sureshot E
  
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• Washington lawmakers are more than halfway through their session. Here’s a look at bills alive, dead and somewhere in the middle.

  15-03-2019 19:07
  Lawmakers in Olympia hit a key deadline Wednesday, by which they had to pass bills unrelated to the budget out of their original chambers. Here’s a look at where things stand.
  
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• More charges in $50M state benefits prescription drug probe

  15-03-2019 18:57
  A police officer and three firefighters were among seven people indicted this week in an alleged $50 million prescription drug scheme involving public employees, the latest charges in an investigation that has already produced nearly two dozen guilty pleas. A 50-count indictment unsealed Friday by the U.S. attorney’s office in Camden, New Jersey, charged the […]
  
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• Mosques in Washington state are urged to boost security after New Zealand attacks

  15-03-2019 18:55
  The Council on American-Islamic Relations — Washington also is advising mosques to contact law enforcement if anything seems suspicious.
  
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• Lawmakers to consider bill to toughen initiatives next week

  15-03-2019 18:47
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of lawmakers has opted to hold a bill that would toughen the requirements to get an initiative on a ballot in committee for now, but the legislation will likely come up for consideration again sometime next week. Members of the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee heard testimony from about […]
  
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• 7 more charged with state benefits drug prescription scheme

  15-03-2019 18:27
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer and three firefighters are among seven people recently charged in a $50 million prescription drug scheme that has already produced nearly two dozen guilty pleas. The U.S. attorney’s office announced the indictment Friday in Camden, New Jersey. The defendants allegedly used a network of recruiters, doctors, […]
  
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• Are We Ready for the End of Undergound Buses in Seattle?

  15-03-2019 18:08 via thestranger.com
  
  On March 23 all of Seattle's buses will be moved from the underground transit tunnel to surface streets, here's what the city is doing to prepare for the impending doom.by Lester BlackMayor Jenny Durkan, Executive Dow Constantine, and a Metro employee during a press conference Thursday afternoon. Lester Black
  Mayor Jenny Durkan and King County Executive Dow Constantine embraced a distinctly triumphant tone at a press conference Thursday announcing preparations for the end of bus access to the Do
  
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• Police chase out of Idaho ends with fatal shooting in Oregon

  15-03-2019 18:01
  ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a stolen-car chase that began in Idaho ended in Ontario, Oregon, with the suspect dead of a gunshot wound. Malheur County District Attorney David Goldthorpe said in a news release that the man, identified as 25-year-old Ontario resident Victor J. Morales Zavala, continued driving during the Thursday afternoon chase […]
  
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• The Stranger's Art and Performance Quarterly Is Out Now

  15-03-2019 17:19 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerPoet and performer Sierra Nelson, who reads from her new book of poetry at Hugo House on March 20 Portrait by Steve KornSpring is right around the corner and a new spring edition of The Stranger's Art and Performance Quarterly is on the streets! Seattle has a vast array of cultural offerings, and we've got you covered for the season, from now through the second week of June.
  Winter was a season of hilarious interruptions at the symphony and the opera. Meanwhile, the whole city was
  
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• Chile tests floating solar panels to power mine, save water

  15-03-2019 17:02
  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A floating island of solar panels is being tested in Chile as a way to generate clean energy and reduce water loss at mine operations, a cornerstone of the Andean county’s economy that uses huge amounts of electricity and water. The experimental “Las Tortolas” power-generating island is being run by the […]
  
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• Hello, Uh, Yeah, I Watched Shrill and I Have Questions But Mostly a Comment Specifically About the Moment When a Character Said That Commenters Are "Really Nice" Because They Aren't and Yes You Know Who You Are

  15-03-2019 16:45 via thestranger.com
  
  How does our ass taste, Hulu!?by Jasmyne KeimigHow does our ass taste, Hulu!? Allyson Riggs/Courtesy of Hulu
  Let's just address the elephant in the room. I watched Shrill, the new six-episode Hulu series dropping today that's based on former Stranger writer and Slogger Extraordinaire Lindy West's memoir of the same name. Yes, I guess we have a "last-hired/first-to-review-a-TV-show-that's-kinda-based-on-the-workplace-you-just-joined" policy. It's wild. And I have to admit, as a current staff writ
  
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• Slog AM: At Least 49 Dead in New Zealand Mass Shooting, Trump's First Veto-By-Tweet, Student Climate Strike Kicks Off

  15-03-2019 16:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyTwo mosques were targeted. Four suspects have been arrested.Jivko/Getty Images
  At least 49 people are dead in Christchurch, New Zealand: In a mass shooting at two different mosques that authorities are calling a terrorist attack. Officials have arrested a man in his late 20s who they are charging with murder after he allegedly opened fire on two separate mosques during Friday prayer. He live-streamed a video of the shooting on Facebook. Many people online shared the grisly video
  
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• State hits pause button on chronic pain proposal

  15-03-2019 16:04
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials have delayed consideration of a controversial change under the Oregon Health Plan that could have forced many patients with chronic pain off opioids. The Bulletin reports that while chronic-pain patients cheered the development as a sign the agency wanted to back off the proposal, early indications suggest the […]
  
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• Lawsuit: State watchdog failed twin girls starved by mother in Yakima

  15-03-2019 15:29
  The state Department of Children, Youth and Families declined to comment on the lawsuit.
  
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• Lawsuit: State watchdog failed twin girls starved by mother

  15-03-2019 15:29
  The state Department of Children, Youth and Families declined to comment on the lawsuit.
  
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• Gunshots fired Thursday evening in West Seattle; police investigating

  15-03-2019 15:10
  Seattle police are investigating after gunshots were fired Thursday evening in West Seattle. No injuries were reported, but property was damaged, according to Seattle police. A gun was recovered at the scene, near the intersection of California Avenue Southwest and Southwest Edmunds Street. A K9 team was called in to help look for suspects. Most […]
  
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• Weekend warm-up in Seattle — and it may not be just a ‘fake-out spring’

  15-03-2019 15:06
  It's finally about to feel like spring around here.
  
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• Traffic alert: I-5 northbound lanes in Tukwila close this weekend and next

  15-03-2019 14:49
  Three northbound lanes of Interstate 5 will close for the next two weekends for road work.
  
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• I-5 northbound lanes in Tukwila close this weekend and next

  15-03-2019 14:49
  Three northbound lanes of Interstate 5 will close for the next two weekends for road work.
  
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• With King County home prices picking up, are we in for another brutal spring for buyers? Maybe not

  15-03-2019 14:00
  Even with the recent uptick in prices, the local real-estate market remains much more balanced than it was in prior years, when sellers had all the power.
  
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• Vikram Jandhyala, innovation leader at UW, dies at 47

  15-03-2019 14:00
  Vikram Jandhyala, who was the University of Washington's vice president for innovation strategy, was a vital link between UW and the region's technology community.
  
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• Rainier Beach community harbors hopes, fears ahead of upzones that could remake neighborhood

  15-03-2019 14:00
  There are signs that development may be on its way to Rainier Beach, rumbling toward the southernmost stop in Seattle on the light-rail line and one of the last neighborhoods in the city that people with lower incomes can afford.
  
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• Guest essay: We need to stop gatekeeping advanced classes

  15-03-2019 13:00
  We will always have at least one thing in common: the desire to support our community’s children and give every student the chance to succeed. Gatekeeping isn't helping them.
  
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• Following international movement, students in Puget Sound region to strike against climate change Friday

  15-03-2019 13:00
  Nearly a year ago today, students in the Seattle area joined a national walkout against gun violence. They're leaving class again today — but this time, they're asking for more attention to our warming planet.
  
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• Pro-gun parents sue, saying Portland schools violated their civil rights

  15-03-2019 12:45
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two sets of parents have filed suit against Portland Public Schools in federal court, accusing officials of violating their children’s civil rights by helping facilitate protests advocating gun control after the shooting in Parkland, Florida last year. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the suit, filed by lawyer and Multnomah County Republican Party Chairman […]
  
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• Pro-gun Parents: Portland schools violated our civil rights

  15-03-2019 12:45
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two sets of parents have filed suit against Portland Public Schools in federal court, accusing officials of violating their children’s civil rights by helping facilitate protests advocating gun control after the shooting in Parkland, Florida last year. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the suit, filed by lawyer and Multnomah County Republican Party Chairman […]
  
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• Duke freshman star Zion Williamson returns — with new Nikes

  15-03-2019 09:00
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Just about everything at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Thursday night was about Zion Williamson. The Duke freshman’s nearly flawless performance returning from injury had the college basketball world buzzing. His athleticism, energy, engaging smile and thunderous dunks were all on full display. And oh yes, so were his modified […]
  
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• California science exhibit explains the dog-human friendship

  15-03-2019 06:04
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Did people domesticate dogs or was it the other way around? And why do these two species seem to think so much alike, act so much alike and get along so well? The California Science Center has spent the past five years sniffing out the answers to those and hundreds of […]
  
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• Alaska man jumped between ice floes before helicopter rescue

  15-03-2019 05:17
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man rescued from a drifting sheet of floating ice in northwest Alaska says he had to jump from floe to floe as the ice started breaking into smaller pieces. The Anchorage Daily News reports Phillip Rode, John Culp Jr. and James Gibson were rescued by a helicopter Sunday after they […]
  
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• Alaska man jumped between floes before floating ice rescue

  15-03-2019 05:17
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who was rescued from a drifting sheet of floating ice in northwest Alaska said he had to jump from floe to floe as the ice started breaking into smaller pieces. Phillip Rode, John Culp Jr. and James Gibson were rescued by a helicopter Sunday evening after they became stranded […]
  
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• Oregon man sentenced for manslaughter in deadly shooting

  15-03-2019 05:12
  BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a deadly shooting that followed an argument in rural northwest Oregon. KATU-TV reported Wednesday that Howard Bunnell Jr. was sentenced earlier this month after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 45-year-old Alvin Wallenstein. According to court documents, […]
  
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